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J. F. HAPFEY. WIRE PENGE. No. 602,444. Patented Apr. 19, 1898.

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FROST, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,444, dated April 19, 1898.

Application filed September 29, 1897. Serial No.653,448. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. HAFFEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiffin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful IVire Fence, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire fences, and particularly to a stay for connecting wire runners, the object in view being to provide a stay of sufficient area to enable stock to readily see the fence, the stay being of simple and cheap construction, adapted to be readily applied to the runners, and not liable to become detached either by strain or by the action of the weather.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a portion of a fence, showing a stay constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of a portion of a stay, showing the engaged runners in section. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the stay as seen before application to the runners. Fig. 4 is a view of a fiat stay unprovided with the strengthening rib or crimp of the form shown in Figs. l to 3, inclusive.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The runners l are connected by means of a stay 2, preferably of sheet metal, and pro,

vided in the planes, of the runners with seats formed by transverse crimps 3. These seats are of a depth in excess of the diameter of a runner, whereby after the insertion of the runner the open side or mouth of the seat may be contracted or drawn wholly together, as shown in the drawings, to form a complete roll encircling the runner. Thus the portion of the stay which is deflected to form each transversecriinp must be at least equal to the circumference of the runner, whereby the sides of the crimp contiguous to the plane of the body portion of the stay may be forcedv toward each other to wholly inclose the runner and thus effectually prevent displacement of the stay.

In practice I prefer to employ a stay of longitudinally-crimped construction in that the same is of greater strength, and the crimp 4 ispreferably arranged upon that side of the stay toward which the runner-seats open, as shown in the drawings.

In Fig. 4 a stay is shownwithout the longitudinal crimp; but it will be understood that said crimp adds transverse stiness to the stay and hence strengthens it against strains applied either by wind-pressure or by the contact of stock.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A fence having runners, a sheet-metal stay intersecting the runners and provided at its point of intersection with transverse crimps forming seats, of which the depth is greater than the diameter of the runners, and of which the mouths or open sides are contracted to a width less than the diameters of the runners to prevent accidental displacement thereof, the stay between its transverse crimps being longitudinally crimped upon the opposite side from the transverse crimps, substantially as specied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.' Y

JAMES F. HAFFEY.

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C. SVBARON, FRANK L. FROST. 

